Upcoming Events

Please join us for our next FREE educational event on September 12th from 10:00am - 12:00pm. Learn more about Columbia Green's Beat the Heat Plant a Tree program, and find out how you can get up to three free shade trees to plant on your property. 

Planting trees helps to improve health outcomes and relieve extreme heat in our urban communities. Trees will be delivered right to your door during our FALL planting season in mid OCTOBER. 

This event is open to property owners of residential and commercial properties, as well as renters who want to help to improve the beauty and sustainability of their residences and workplaces. Please join us--and bring your friends and neighbors! Click below to learn more and sign up.

Columbia has been working with the Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. (GIC) for several months now gathering data on the community's tree canopy, creating maps, and reviewing ordinances. Columbia now has a plan for the community's urban forest and wants to hear what YOU think about it!

Join Trees4SC! on September 30th, 2026 from 6-7:30pm at the Busby Street Community Center (1735 Busby Street Columbia, SC 29203) for their open house event!

At this open house you will be able to see community maps, hear plans for the community forest, provide them feedback/ideas for the future, help to decide where trees will be planted, enter a free tree raffle and enjoy the provided food and beverages!

If you cannot attend the event but still would like to provide feedback, click the link below for a survey about your community’s trees!

For more information you can contact Marsha Potter at mpotter@gicin.org or Tom Knowles at tknowles@gicinc.org

Join Columbia Green for our annual meeting this fall! We invite our members, partners, grant awardees, and community stakeholders to attend this annual event to report on and celebrate our accomplishments. All are welcome!

Stay tuned!